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Obama: 'No sympathy' for Ferguson rioters

by Anadolu Agency

WASHINGTON Nov 26, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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by Anadolu Agency Nov 26, 2014 12:00 am
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that there was "no excuse" for "burning buildings, torching cars, destroying property," in the aftermath of a grand jury's decision in Missouri.

The president was scheduled to address immigration policy during his speech in Chicago but instead began with the protests in Ferguson and across the United States.

Protesters gathered Monday night after a Missouri grand jury declined to indict white police officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting unarmed black teen Michael Brown in August.

It was a decision that "upset a lot of people," Obama said.

Some Ferguson businesses were looted, including a chicken restaurant, a furniture shop and a drug store, following the announcement of the grand jury's decision.

"I do not have any sympathy for that. I have no sympathy at all for destroying your own communities," the president said. "But for the overwhelming majority of people who just feel frustrated and pain, because they get a sense that maybe some communities aren't treated fairly or some individuals aren't seen as worthy as others, I understand that." Obama said.

According to an Anadolu Agency reporter at the scene, St. Louis police used excessive amounts of tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters on the streets of Ferguson.

"There are productive ways of responding and expressing those frustrations, and there are destructive ways of responding," Obama said. "Burning buildings, torching cars, destroying property, putting people at risk -- that's destructive, and there's no excuse for it. Those are criminal acts, and people should be prosecuted if they engage in criminal acts," he said.

No decision has been made about the future of Officer Darren Wilson with the Ferguson Police Department following the grand jury's decision, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles said.

Wilson has been on paid administrative leave since the August 9 shooting of Brown and remains on leave pending the completion of an internal investigation, Knowles told a news conference.

The Missouri Governor Jay Nixon ordered hundreds more National Guard troops to the Ferguson, Missouri, area on Tuesday.

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